Category Archives: Orillia News

An arrest has been made in connection with a break and enter in Orillia. Police received a call last night from a resident on East Street who returned home and found things missing from their apartmen...

It's been over 50 years since the Beatles travelled to India to stay at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an experience that forever altered the group and led to the writing of 40 songs. Those song...

A woman had to be airlifted to hospital, after a crash on Essa Road in Barrie. A car and SUV collided just before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon near Anne Street, trapping the woman inside her vehicle,...

The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka has announced that it will begin a process to sell Geneva Park, its leadership and conference centre on Lake Couchiching. The sale of the property, a longstanding conference...

The town of MIdland has announced the layoffs of three employees as a result of the second provincial emergency declared by the provincial government. The town says it recently undertook a review of s...

The Ontario government is encouraging small business owners to sign up for any support available in order to keep afloat during these difficult times. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business s...

Georgian College will be holding a virtual Open House on Saturday. ( Jan 23 ) Kristy Linklater, the Associate Director of Marketing and Recruitment relates the college annually conducts a pair of Open...

Governor General Julie Payette has handed in her resignation. Payette and her secretary, Assunta Di Lorenzo, are both resigning after an outside workplace review of Rideau Hall found that the pair pre...

Almost 200-thousand Canadian businesses could close permanently thanks to the COVID-19 crisis and lockdowns. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said yesterday that one in six, or about 18...

Two suspected impaired drivers have been arrested by Huronia West OPP following separate collisions in 24 hours. Police were called on January 18, 2021 at 10:08 p.m. to a collision where a single moto...